Employment History

Competitor PRI

Education

audio engineering

Ken Kleinecke built up his concert production business one piece of gear at a time over the past 12 years.

His career spiraled upward from sound man for local rock bands to running the city's largest concert production service.

Kleinecke formed Production Services Group in 1999 with two partners to handle sound, lighting and staging - a full array of concert services.He bought out the two partners earlier this year.

A former drummer, Kleinecke decided being a sound man would provide less stress and more work than being a musician."I'm a lot better sound man than a drummer, anyway," he said.

The money's better.A sound man sets up all the sound system gear for a band and runs the mixing board - adjusting the levels of each instrument for the best blend and highlighting featured instruments at the right moments.

Originally form Galveston, Texas, he studied audio engineering at Full Sail School of Recording in Orlando in 1985 and grabbed a gig as a sound man with a touring band.On a Jacksonville stop, he took an offer from a 10-piece show band, the Untouchables, which disbanded in 1989.Kleinecke remained in Jacksonville with a reputation for the best set of ears in town.

"We're primarily a live concert production company," says Ken Kleinecke of Production Service Group, ",recent shows with our XLC rig include Gretchen Wilson, Clint Black, The Doobie Brothers and Shirley Caesar,and, after we did a show at the school, they approached us about a permanent, concert quality system to replace an LCR system used for spoken word, lectures, etc.